tuft of hair in stomach
A very strange case came to light from Amrita Hospital in Faridabad. Doctors found a bunch of hair inside the stomach of a 30-year-old woman admitted here. That woman was suffering from many problems related to loss of appetite, vomiting, nausea and digestion for a long time. Many times he had to face severe stomach pain. According to reports, the woman used to ignore it considering it to be a problem related to her impaired digestive system. Whenever she ate anything, her stomach started feeling heavy.
Apart from this he had no desire to eat anything. After this he contacted the doctors in the hospital for treatment. During examination here, doctors found a big bunch of hair inside his stomach. Let us tell you what is this matter and how the hair reaches inside the stomach.
bunch of hair found inside the stomach
Experts say that the tuft of hair in the woman’s stomach was formed by her own fault. Actually, this is not a normal problem but a case of deteriorated mental health. This condition of a woman is called trichotillomania in which a person used to pull out his own hair. If he eats them then that situation is called trichophagia. In this the patient eats his own hair but the stomach is unable to digest it. Therefore, the hair eaten over the years started accumulating at one place in his stomach and became a bunch.
This is called Rapunzel Syndrome
Medically, this condition is called Rapunzel syndrome. When this happens, the bundle of hair moves beyond the stomach and spreads to the intestines. If it is not treated on time, the condition can lead to fatal infection. The woman was treated by Dr. Salim Naik, Dr. Puneet Dhar and Dr. Jaya Aggarwal. All of them are part of the Gastrointestinal Surgery Department of Amrita Hospital. After the surgery, doctors successfully removed the large drichobzoar (tuft of hair) from the woman’s stomach.
According to experts, even though this is a matter related to mental health, parents should pay special attention to their children. Cases of this disease are very rare but if someone falls prey to it then life can also be lost.
Recently, a similar case related to a 7 year old girl came to light in Gorakhpur, UP. The doctor said that often children unknowingly develop many such habits, which the family members ignore considering them normal. But this habit can prove fatal in future. Therefore, parents should take special care of the child.
